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mochiimin_jimin's review
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
It was a really interesting read as I wasn't aware of what happened during the War on Drugs but this book made me realize a lot of things. I just think there were some bits that were repetitive and the chapters were kind of long but all in all it was a good read.
sam8834's review
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.0
A journalistic collection of stories accounting state-sanctioned killings of citizens in the Philippines during the Rodrigo Duterte administration's drug war. It is about as yikes as you would imagine the story of any nation on the path to autocracy. Evangelista is also interesting here as a journalist and a self-inserted character in the book. She aims to be somewhat clinical in her reporting of countless murders, yet it is easy to see from the book's outset that working as a reporter on disasters has left a lasting mark on her, especially when it comes to her home country.
cathdm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Interesting subject matter, but I found it dryly written so it was a chore to read. Only finished it because I wanted to know how it all ended.
stalxwj's review
4.0
I couldn't keep track of the number of times I said "wtf" while reading this book because some of the acts were just so horrendous.